What is the issue with my computer specs according to BF2 it meets all of the minimum requirements. I am looking at building a new computer should I buy a P4 and not a AMD? Could someone suggest a good motherboard that is resonable in price? What about GeForce FX 5700VE 256 DDR video card will that work or do I need to buy a better card.

well the full black screen then back to desktop thing that hapens when u dont have the right requirements, i know cause the same thing hapened to me the first time and if u go to the BF2's site in the FAQ it says what the problem is but i dont think it said alot on how to fix it...

What is the issue with my computer specs according to BF2 it meets all of the minimum requirements. I am looking at building a new computer should I buy a P4 and not a AMD? Could someone suggest a good motherboard that is resonable in price? What about GeForce FX 5700VE 256 DDR video card will that work or do I need to buy a better card.

Thank you for all of your input

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It doesnt matter, both are compabile for 64 bit os, look for AMD64 and P4 HT/EE, Pentium Extreme

i'll say what core components i reccomend to play BF2, farcry, HL2, and other modern games:

-a64 (90nm process, NOT NEWCASTLE) 3000+ or higher
-1 GB DDR400, dual channel
-name brand (asus, gigabyte, msi) motherboard (i reccomend the ASUS A8E or any variant thereof), your board should be based on the nforce4 chipset.
-a graphics card that is based on the nvidia 6600gt gpu or better, 128mb memory is fine. before you buy, check out the component clock speeds and compare them to the nvidia reference specs, the card should be at least as fast. i reccomend the MSI NX6600GT card, available for both PCI-E and AGP interfaces.
-a quality name brand power supply (from antec, thermaltake, enermax for example) with a watt rating of 480w or better.

the problems with your current setup are the cpu, ram, graphics card, and motherboard, so this major upgrade would give you the abilities to play pretty much any game currently in existence, and will provide some options for the future as well.